Lights and Daylight savings???

[deucey]

Do any of you all change your lighting timers when the time changes from standard time to daylight savings or do you leave them alone??

 

[10k]

I change mine every time. That way I can look at it longer at night.

 

[deucey]

So you change them everytime .......all at once........not slowly over a few days .....just all at once??

 

[ruaround]

thats what ive been doin for the past several years. all at once, and i havent seen any adverse effects.

 

[nacl-h2o]

No, the corals don't care about daylight savings. Why confuse them for a week twice a year. I will enjoy them whether the lights go off at 9 or 10.

 

[deucey]

Yeah I feel like it will just screw my coral and fishies cycles up......I don't know though.....maybe not.......

 

[fishfood]

I haven't changed mine. They just stay on later at night when i'm home anyway.

 

[goldrush]

I change mine.One hour is not going to upset the system.It didn't upset me.Actually if someone changed them twice a year without telling me,I probably wouldn't realize it.

 

[kdlbem]

I just set my timers forward or back(depending on the time of year). Haven't seen any adverse effects yet. Everything looked very good yesterday, so I don't think it's really that big a deal.
HTH,
B

 

[slk's reef]

I change mine every time.

 

[jakob4001]

unless it's for viewing porposes, why bother...but on another note, what about feeding times?

 

[nss11110]

i dont change mine. in the winter the lights just come on a hour eariler

 

[m1rodrig]

Before timers existed the lights were turned on and off manually and probably not at the same time every day.

 

[surferboy]

I added an hour on to my light cycle. No problems

 

[twicklund]

The time changed!!!???!!!
Well that explains a lot!
<img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
J/K...I changed my timers with the rest of my clocks...

 

[steamboat1569]

I have not changed mine yet but I will. I don't think you have to acclimate them to a new shcedule. Fish and inverts aren't that bright as to know a significant difference.

 

[javajoe]

Originally posted by twicklund:
<strong>The time changed!!!???!!!
Well that explains a lot!
<img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
J/K...I changed my timers with the rest of my clocks...</strong><hr></blockquote>
SHOOT! No wonder my boss was giving me those dirty looks all morning!

 

[shootonsite]

It's bad enough you gotta lose an hour of sleep, but you shouldn't lose sleep over your light time. I use a digital timer with a Daylight Savings button. Just press and forget about it. It even has a back up for when the power goes out. Check your local hardware store.

 

[sandy]

Tee Hee. Arizona does not change their time!

 

[richard rendos]

I don't change mine.